Coke-sprinkling apparatus.



R. HAY, P. B. RULE & D. HAY.

COKE SPRINKLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13, 1911.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Inventors.

Attorneys R. HAY, P. B. RULE & D. HAY.

00KB SPRINKLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION nun JAN. 1a, 1911.

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by I I R. HAY, P. B. RULE & D. HAY. 00KB SPRINKLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13, 1911.

1,020,979, Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Inventor Atto rneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT HAY, PERCY B. RULE, AND DAVID HAY, OF MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP,WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

COKE-SPRINKLIN G APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT HAY, PERCY B. RULE, and DAVID HAY, citizensof the United States, residing at Mount Pleasant township, in the countyof lrVestmoreland, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulCoke-Sprinkling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coke sprinkling apparatus and consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of its parts hereinafter describedand claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus especiallyadapted to be used in combination with coke ovens which are rectangularin plan for the purpose of sprinkling water upon a bed of coke as itlies upon the floor of the oven for the purpose of quenching the firefrom the same in order that it may be drawn from the oven.

With the above objects in view the apparatus includes a wheel supportedframe mounted upon a track way located in front of the oven with acarriage lying transversely across the said frame and means for movingthe said carriage longitudinally toward and away from the oven. A pipeis located upon the said carriage and is mounted for movementlongitudinally thereof and the said pipe is provided at intervals alongits length with spray or nozzle pipes which extend laterally therefromand which are provided with numerous perforations. A water supply pipeis located within the first mentioned pipe and is spaced at its outerside from the inner side of the first mentioned pipe. The water supplypipe is pro vided at its end with a piston which normally closes thetransverse sectional area of the first mentioned pipe but which uncoversthe inner ends of the spray pipes as the first mentioned pipe is movedlongitudinally with relation to the water supply pipe. The said watersupply pipe is fixed with relation to the carriage and means areprovided for connecting the same with the water service system of theplant.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the cokesprinkling apparatus. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same cut onthe line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of aportion of the apparatus cut on the line 4-4: of Fig. 1. Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 13, 1911.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912. Serial No. 602,454.

5 is a transverse sectional view of a portion of the apparatus cut onthe line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of aportion of the apparatus cut on the line G6 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is atransverse sectional view of a portion of the apparatus cut on the line77 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional View of a portion of theapparatus cut on the line 88, of Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a view showing amodified form of arrangement of sprinkling pipes that may be used uponthe apparatus. Figs. 10 and 11 are detail views of a modified form ofpiston which may be used in the apparatus.

The oven 1 is provided with the usual door opening 9. and its forwardside with a seat plate 3. The said oven 1 is preferably rectangular inplan which is a common expedient but which feature is not illustrated inthe drawings. Track rails 1 are located in front of the oven and extendalong abreast of the said oven in the usual manner. A frame 5 issupported upon wheels 6 which in turn are mounted upon the track rails4. One of the said wheels is provided at its side with a sprocket wheel7 and a stub shaft 8 is journaled upon the frame 5 above the wheel 7. Asprocket wheel 9 is fixed to the shaft 8 and a sprocket chain 10 istrained around the sprocket wheels 7 and 9. A crank handle 11 is fixedto the end of the shaft 8. By this arran ement it will be seen that whenthe shaft 8 is rotated, rotary movement is transmitted by means of thesprocket wheel 9 and the chain 10 to the wheel 7 and its adjacent wheel6 and consequently means are provided for manually propelling the frame5 along the track rails 4:. Rollers 12 are journaled at the upperportion of the frame 5 and L beams 13 rest at their lower flanges uponthe upper portions of the said rollers 12. The said I-beams are spacedfrom each other but are connected together by a plate 14. which isprovided upon its under side with a rack bar 15. A shaft 16 is journaledin the frame 5 and is provided at one end with a crank handle 17. At anintermediate point the said shaft 16 is provided with a gear wheel 18which meshes with the rack bar 15. The beams 13 form component parts ofa carriage which is adapted to be shifted transversely of the frame 5 byturning the shaft 16 whereby the rack bar 15 is drawn along by the gearwheel 18. A bracket 19 depends from one end of the beams 13 and isprovided at its lower end with a shaft upon which is mounted aneccentric 21. A handle 22 is also connected to the shaft and when thebeams 13 are shifted toward the front of the oven 1, the lower end ofthe bracket 19 will be over the seat plate 13 and the operator thenturns the shaft 20 so that the deep part of the eccentric 21 comes incontact with the upper surface of the said plate 3 whereby means isprovided for temporarily holding the beams 13 in their adjusted positionwith relation to the front of the oven. A grooved roller 23 is journaledbetween the ends of the beams 13 and is located vertically above thebracket 19. A pipe 24 rests at one end portion upon the upper part ofthe periphery of the roller 23 and the said pipe is closed at one end bymeans of a cap 25. The pipe 24 is provided at intervals along its legswith laterally disposed sprinkling o-r nozzle pipes 26 each of which isprovided with a number of comparat-ively small'perforations or outletopenings 27. A bracket 28 is clamped in position upon the outer portionof the pipe 24 and extends down between the I-beams 13 as illustrated inFig. 3. Rollers 29 are journaled at the opposite sides of the bracket 28and are adapted to travel along the upper surfaces of the inner portionsof the base flanges of the said beams 13. Thus the outer end portion ofthe pipe 24 is supported upon the I-beams 13. The pipes 26 generallyextend at right angles through the long dimension of the pipe 24 but asillustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the said pipes 26 are preferablybent in downward directions toward their outer end. A water supply pipe30 is fixed with relation to the carriage of which the beams 13 formcomponent parts and the said pipe 30 is provided with a section which isconcentrically positioned within the pipe 24 and which normallytraverses a majority of the length thereof. The said pipe section isprovided at its inner end with a piston 31 which closes the pipe 24transversely. The pipe 24 is provided at its outer end with packing 32which snugly and slidably receives the outer portion of that section ofthe pipe 30 which is located therein. The supply pipe 30 is providedwith a valve 33 located in the vicinity of the outer ends of the beams13. The supply pipe 30 may be connected by a flexible hose 34 with awater service 35 in any suitable or appropriate manner.

In the form of the arrangement of sprinkling pipes 26 as shown in Fig. 9of the drawing, the said pipes are straight throughout their length butare located at lower levels than the pipe 24 and are connected with thesame by suitable L-connections 36.

In operation, the frame 5 is moved along the track rails 4 until thecarriage of which the beams 13 form component parts is in front of thedoor opening 2 of the oven about to be sprinkled. The hose 34 is thenconnected up with the supply pipe 30 and the water service 35 and theshaft 16 is rotated sothat the inner ends of the beams 13 are movedtoward the door opening 2 of the oven. Nhen the beams 13 have beenproperly positioned and secured by means of the eccentric 21 as abovedescribed, a shaft 37 which is journaled in the outer ends of the beams13 is rotated by means of a crank handle 38. A pulley 39 is journaledbetween the inner ends of the said beams 13 and a cable 40 is trainedaround the pulley 39 and a pulley 41 is mounted upon the shaft 37. Theends of the said cable 40 are attached to their bracket 28 and extendaway from the same in opposite direction. Thus the rotation of the shaft37 will move the cable 40 longitudinally about the pulleys 39 and 41 andthe pipe 24 will be moved along the beams 13 and its inner end will i beprojected through the door opening 2 into the interior of the oven 1.meantime the valve 33 has been opened and water passes from the service35 to the hose 34 and pipes 30 into the interior of the pipe 24. As thesaid. pipe 24 moves longitudinally and the piston 31 uncovers the innerends of the sprinkling pipes 26, the water passes from the pipe 24 alongthe said pipes 26 and out through the openings 27 thereof and sprinklesupon the bed of coke upon the bottom of the oven 1. Thus as the innerends of the pipes 26 are successively uncovered, they become active asmeans for trans mitting the water from the pipe 24 to the interior ofthe oven and as the pipe 24 is withdrawn from the interior of the oven1, the piston 31 closes the inner ends of the pipes 26 and the watersupply to the said pipes 26 is thus cut off. Thus it will be seen that asimple and an effective apparatus is provided for sprinkling the cokeupon the floor of an oven and the parts are so assembled that they maybe made from angle or ordinary commercial iron thus avoiding thenecessity of providing especially designed parts to assemble the features of the apparatus.

In the form of piston 31, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11, the piston is cutaway at its opposite sides as at 31 to provide clearance for the innerends of the pipes 26 should they project beyond the inner surface of thepipe 24.

Having described the invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A sprinkling apparatus for coke ovens comprising a wheel mountedframe, a carriage located upon the frame and adapted to be shiftedtransversely thereof, a pipe slidably mounted on the carriage andcarrying In the I a series of sprinkling pipes, a supply pipe enteringthe first mentioned pipe, a piston located upon the supply pipe andclosing the transverse sectional area of the first mentioned pipe, andmeans for connecting the supply pipe with a water supply.

2. A sprinkling apparatus comprising a wheel mounted frame, a carriagelocated upon the frame and adapted to be shifted transversely thereof, apipe slidably mounted upon the carriage, a series of pipes con nected atintervals With the first mentioned pipe, each of the sprinkling pipesbeing provided with outlet openings, a supply pipe fixed with relationto the carriage and having a section concentrically located within thefirst mentioned pipe, a piston mounted upon the supply pipe and locatedwithin the first mentioned pipe and closing the same, and means forconnecting the supply pipe with a water service.

3. A sprinkling apparatus comprising a Wheel mounted frame, a carriagemounted for transverse movement on said frame. said carriage includingspaced I beams, a grooved roller jo-urnaled between the inner ends ofthe I beams, a pipe resting at its inner end portion upon the saidgroove roller and carrying a series of spaced sprinkling pipes, abracket secured to the first mentioned pipe, rollers journaled to saidbracket and arranged to travel upon the inner portions of the baseflanges of the I beams, a supply pipe attached to the car riage andhaving a section concentrically positioned within the first mentionedpipe, a piston attached to the supply pipe and located within the firstmentioned pipe and closing the same transversely, means for shifting thefirst mentioned pipe transversely ot the carriage, and means forconnectiilg the supply pipe with a water service.

4. A sprinkling apparatus comprising a wheel mounted frame, a carriagemounted for transverse movement upon said frame, a bracket dependingfrom the inner end of said carriage, a shaft journaled at the lower endof said bracket, and extending fixed to said shaft, said shaft beingadapted to rest upon the floor of an oven, means for turning the shaftwhereby the eccentric may be brought into engagement with the saidfloor, a pipe slidably mounted upon said carriage, sprinkling pipescarried by the first mentioned pipe, a water supply pipe fixed withrelation to the carriage and having a section comentrieally positionedwithin the first mentioned pipe, a piston carried by the said watersupply pipe and located within the first mentioned pipe and closing thesame transversely, and means for connecting the first mentioned watersupply pipe with a water service.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT HAY. PERCY B. RULE. DAVID HAY.

Witnesses Gno. L. SIIIREY, B. F. Hanucou.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C.

